Anon Nkt 26II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 26’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 778.
Varð ‘had’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
hilmi ‘to the lord’
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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
sverja ‘swear’
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1. sverja (verb): swear
eiða ‘oaths’
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eið (noun n.; °-s; -): ?oath/headland
þess ‘concerning that’
es ‘which’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
Óláfr ‘Óláfr’
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Óláfr (noun m.): Óláfr
bað ‘stipulated’
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biðja (verb; °biðr; bað, báðu; beðinn (beiþ- Martin¹ 573, bỏþ- HákEirsp 661, cf. ed. intr. xl)): ask for, order, pray
[4] bað: beiddi Flat
notes
[4] bað ‘stipulated’: Beiddi ‘demanded’ (so Flat) is unmetrical (it makes the l. pentasyllabic), and earlier eds emend to bað.
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
folk ‘the battle’
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folk (noun n.): people
kennings
folk-Baldr‘the battle-Baldr ’
= WARRIOR
the battle-Baldr → WARRIOR
Baldr ‘Baldr’
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Baldr (noun m.): [Baldr, Baldur]
kennings
folk-Baldr‘the battle-Baldr ’
= WARRIOR
the battle-Baldr → WARRIOR
flýja ‘flee’
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flýja (verb): to flee, take flight
skyldi ‘should’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
óðǫl ‘ancestral properties’
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óðal (noun n.; °-s, dat. óð(a)li/óðrli; óðul, dat. óðlum/óðrlum): (hereditary) property
sín ‘from his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
aldrslita ‘the end of his life’
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aldrslit (noun n.; °; gen. -a): [end of his life]
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Hákon left Norway and joined his father, Eiríkr, in England. He returned to Norway in 1028 as Knútr’s appointed regent, but perished at sea the following year (see McDougall and McDougall 1998, 80 nn. 149-50). — [1] *: Þá ‘then’ (so Flat) has been deleted because it makes the l. hypermetrical.
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